Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Books › The History of the Violin and Other Instruments Played on with the Bow from the Remotest Times to the Present by William Sandys and Andrew Forster, 1864 › scan 47

Scan 47

The History of the Violin and Other Instruments Played on with the Bow from the Remotest Times to the Present by William Sandys and Andrew Forster, 1864

8 lines. Read by computer on 29 August 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.

1the instrument, thus serving also for a sound-post. There is no proof, however, of this example having been of ancient date. It is stated to have been thus tuned:—
3![A drawing of a violin soundpost](https://i.imgur.com/3Q5z5QG.png)
5FIG. 8.
7We have only been able to meet with one existing specimen, which by the kindness of Charles W. G. Wynne, Esq. we have had an opportunity of examining and of giving a drawing. The wood is worm-eaten and

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